Tag Archives: hope

Watery Light

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Helen

This watery light Awakens my soul I have slept too long But warmth upon my eyelids Bids them open And gaze out Of my prison Made of imagination’s stone And ponder flight and freedom And to swim And swim alone … Continue reading →

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Rising to the Light

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Helen

He said he was rising to the light Each morning from the station Up flights of stairs to sunshine Every day he would say I’m Orpheus returning From the underworld And I will not look back I keep my life … Continue reading →

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Wishes

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Helen

Wish for me now One little dream Not what we have What might have been Not what you see Find the unseen Wish for me now One little dream Wish for the world One little hope Never the knife Never … Continue reading →

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Queen

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Helen

Once we were royal Our wings unfurled we flew Together All we ever knew Bloodline testament Glory of the skies Together Together we would fly Now we are hidden Wings tethered, broken hues Separated Nothing we could do World ever … Continue reading →

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Castle

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Helen

I dreamt of a castle on a hill Too grand to be but even still I yearned to reached its heights until The dream was gone I searched the world entire yet No closer could I ever get I fell … Continue reading →

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Let There Be Peace

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Helen

This perfect morning Sun dipped water lights shine Undisturbed quiet We glide Across the eddies and flow And all that we may know Our travails Our longing to cease Let there be peace All is possibility Moments before birth Our … Continue reading →

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Let It In (for my father – in memory)

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Helen

“There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in” Leonard Cohen, Anthem In this moment Precious chance Let it in Let it in Just a promise Warmest glance Let it in Let it in It’s … Continue reading →

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The Gathering

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Helen

Blessed is The gathering Anointing here A newborn king Butterflies free Angels weep and sing Blessed is The gathering Many decry What this may bring Fear and taunts Mud will sling But on fury Honour wings Blessed is The gathering … Continue reading →

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Precious Things

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Helen

These precious things I hardly thought of in my brittle youth I was alive and free and not diverted By the needs of others or the truth The greater weave of history and sacrifice so far away From my comfortable, … Continue reading →

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Shining

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Helen

Keep these little lights shining One by one they strive to blacken everything Sheltered precious glow as sweet community Let them never know what can never be Keep these little lights shining endlessly (c) Helen Valentina 2016

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